  {"id":114222,"date":"2020-03-23T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T23:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=114222"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:39:56","slug":"uh-foundation-covid-19-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/uh-foundation-covid-19-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign supports <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students, COVID-19 research"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_89804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89804\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/system-students-group-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling students\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/system-students-group-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/system-students-group-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students impacted by changes due to COVID-19 will benefit from a new <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation fund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Foundation and University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> have partnered to establish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">two new funds<\/a> in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to help those on our campuses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As we adjust to a new reality amid concerns about the novel coronavirus, friends and alumni have been asking us how they can help,&rdquo; said University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>. &ldquo;Many of our funders and donors have reached out expressing concern for the welfare of our students. They also want to hear what <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> is doing on the research front to participate in the fight against COVID-19.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Urgent Student Relief Fund<\/h2>\n<p>In times of emergencies like this, some students at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses find themselves in urgent financial distress. The usual pressures of finishing the semester are exacerbated by the pandemic\u2019s pervasive upheaval of routines and constant concern for family and friends.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19#donateBox\"><strong>Urgent Student Relief Fund<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Financially, many <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students who are already living on a shoestring are even closer to the edge. Students relying on jobs for tuition are being laid off. Others need childcare as schools temporarily closed, access to computers as classes moved online, transportation when living arrangements shift and food when their meals off campus may be in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The type of assistance our students need is evolving, but <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> is ready to respond,&rdquo; said Associate Vice President of Student Affairs <strong>Hae Okimoto<\/strong>. &ldquo;Additional resources will support our students to stay on track with their academic journeys so they can help us build the strong economy of tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>COVID-19 and Infections and Emerging Diseases Research Fund<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-jabsom-lehrer-lab-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"axel lehrer in the lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-jabsom-lehrer-lab-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-jabsom-lehrer-lab-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-jabsom-lehrer-lab-1-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-jabsom-lehrer-lab-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Axel Lehrer in his lab at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> researchers are working fervently to detect, prevent and cure COVID-19, and other infectious and emerging diseases in the islands and abroad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19#donateBox\"><strong>COVID-19 and Infections and Emerging Diseases Research Fund<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among other efforts, scientists at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> are expanding ongoing development of heat-stable vaccines for viruses, to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/jabsom-scientist-covid-vaccine\/\">coronaviruses causing COVID-19<\/a>. Success means rapid, efficient manufacturing of vaccines with broad application for the general population, including our children and seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Our experienced <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> scientists are also working on the development of processes for rapid screening and surveillance of COVID-19 in the islands and abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim Dolan<\/strong>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> vice president of advancement and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation <abbr>CEO<\/abbr> said, &ldquo;Our donors and community want to be part of the global solution. As the nonprofit that raises funds to support <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students and research, we are committed to supporting our community in every way we can. We are all in this together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">More information is available at the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation announced campaigns to support <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students and COVID-19 research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1411,1416,61,62,63,64,65,394,71,319,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-114222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-presidents-office","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114222"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114229,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114222\/revisions\/114229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}